Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Dylan Thomas Prize: 2025 Award
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Notes on an Execution

by Danya Kukafka

Lists

The Best Books of 2022: Esquire

Best Books of 2022: USA Today

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Albums of 2025 NPR · NPR Music
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize

Trending Works

Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc Tatsuya Yoshihara
Sinners Ryan Coogler
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Cigarettes After Sex Cigarettes After Sex
House of Huawei Eva Dou
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
The Love That Remains Hlynur Pálmason
Buck Cindy Meehl
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Horse Money Pedro Costa
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Margin Call J.C. Chandor

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